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Selected Dhs Data On 10–14-Year-Olds: Zimbabwe, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Annex to "Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning"

Adolescent And Youth Sexual And Reproductive Health: Charting Directions For A Second Generation Of Programming, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Population Council, convened a three-day workshop May 1–3, 2002, at the Population Council’s headquarters in New York. The workshop provided an opportunity to review research and programs in the area of adolescent reproductive health and development (the “first generation”) and to think critically about key lessons learned from this work as we move forward into the “second generation” of work with this important population. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from that workshop. Key points are gathered into two clusters: those that underscore principles of program planning, design, and …

Impact Of A Young-Earth Creationist Apologetics Course On Student Creation Worldview, Tom Henderson, Steve Deckard, David A. Dewitt

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Science educators holding an evolutionary worldview are concerned about the teaching of young -Earth creationism (YEC) and generally oppose its presentation in public schools. This paper examines the influence of a YEC apologetics course on Creation and evolution worldview attitudes of Liberty University students. The creation worldview test (CWT) was administered and a total scale score along with three subscales scores in theology, science and age were analyzed. Student pre-test scores indicated some weaknesses, suggesting departure from a solid YEC worldview. Following the course, students shifted significantly toward stronger agreement with the YEC position in total score, science and age. …

Completing The Fertility Transition In The Developing World: The Role Of Educational Differences And Fertility Preferences, John Bongaarts

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This study summarizes patterns of educational differentials in wanted and unwanted fertility at different stages of the fertility transition based on data from DHS surveys in 57 less developed countries. As the transition proceeds, educational differentials in wanted fertility tend to decline and differentials in unwanted fertility tend to rise. An assessment of fertility patterns in more and less developed countries with low fertility concludes that these differentials are likely to remain substantial when less developed countries reach the end of their transitions. This finding implies that the educational composition of the population remains a key predictor of overall fertility …

Primary Schooling In Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Trends And Current Challenges, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Paul C. Hewett

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

At the dawn of the twenty-first century we estimate that more than 37 million young adolescents aged 10-14 in sub-Saharan Africa will not complete primary school. Our estimates are based on data from nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys from 26 countries, collectively representing 83 percent of the sub-Saharan youth population. This number is nearly twice the entire population of children aged 10-14 in the United States, virtually all of whom will complete primary school. Reducing the number of uneducated African youth is a primary objective of the United Nations as laid out in the Millennium Development Goal for education, …

Condom Use And Abstinence Among Unmarried Young People In Zimbabwe: Which Strategy, Whose Agenda?, Ravai Marindo, Steve Pearson, John B. Casterline

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This paper compares the views about abstinence and condom use expressed by young people in Zimbabwe in focus-group discussions with the views underlying national policies and religious and traditional beliefs. Young people’s decisions to adopt one or the other of these risk-reduction strategies may not necessarily indicate genuine individual choices, but rather their deference to adults’ interests as they understand those interests. Policymakers and traditional and Christian leaders promote abstinence as the exclusive strategy for all young people, whereas nongovernmental organizations and the private sector promote condom use. Evidence from the focus-group discussions indicates that adolescents are aware of this …

Rural Schools In America: Will No Child Be Left Behind? The Elusive Quest For Equal Educational Opportunities, Judith A. Winston

Nebraska Law Review

This article focuses on how the struggle for educational quality and equality in rural public education is faring today and the degree to which the new federal law, the No Child Left Behind Act, promises a better future for rural schools. Part II provides a composite portrait of the lives of rural students and the communities in which they live. Part III establishes a legal context and brief history of the as yet elusive quest for equality in these communities. Part IV outlines the components of the federal effort to reform education nationally and addresses whether the reform effort is …

Modeling Class Counsel, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

Nebraska Law Review

The class suit has become an established and increasingly prominent institution of our procedural system. Our system of law enforcement through private litigation, including class suits and other aggregative civil procedures, is virtually unique throughout the world and is an integral element of the American governance system. A key institution in class suit procedure is the role of plaintiffs counsel, but a clear concept of the role of class counsel, and counsel's relationship to the class, has been difficult to formulate. Lawyers who would be counsel for a class, particularly a class proposed by the lawyer, should be expected, like …

The Campus Crime And Security Report, V. 7 (Fall 2002), Illinois State University Police Department

Clery Act Annual Security Report

Illinois State University Police Department Annual Security Report

The Rights Of Parties And Civil Litigants In An Ntsb Investigation, John F. Easton, Walter Mayer

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

War-Risk, Hijacking & Terrorism Exclusions In Aviation Insurance: Carrier Liability In The Wake Of September 11, 2001, Erwin E. Caban

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Latcrit Vi, Outsider Jurisprudence And Looking Beyond Imagined Borders, Ediberto Román

Faculty Publications

The Sixth Annual LatCrit Conference (LatCrit VI) titled "Latinas/os and the Americas: Centering North-South Frameworks in LatCrit Theory," was the latest installment of the leading progressive scholarly movement addressing nonwhite critical jurisprudence.3 The goals of the conference were to explore the ties that bind Latinas/os residing in the United States to their homeland's societies and cultures, and to examine the impact of globalization on critical jurisprudential discourse.4 The conference was attended predominately by straight and gay law professors of color, including Latinas/os, African Americans, Asian Americans, and indigenous persons, most of whom describe themselves as LatCrits or more whimsically, LatCritters. …

Plantlet Regeneration In Abies Cilicica Carr. And Abies Cilicica X Abies Nordmanniana Hybrid Via Somatic Embryogenesis, Bozena Vookova, Andrej Kormutak

Turkish Journal of Botany

Somatic embryogenesis was initiated from immature zygotic embryos of Abies cilicica Carr. and its hybrid A. cilicica x A. nordmanniana. Schenk and Hildebrandt medium (SH) supplemented with 5 µM benzylaminopurine was used as the initiation medium. In A. cilicica, the initiation of embryonal suspensor mass (ESM) frequency ranged from 5.4 to 63.5%, and 28.6% of these cell lines formed mature somatic embryos. In A. cilicica x A. nordmanniana, from 3 to 27.6% of zygotic embryos formed ESM, and maturation of somatic embryos was observed in 34.8% lines. For somatic embryo maturation, Murashige, Skoog and SH media supplemented with 4% maltose …

Identification Of Common Aspergillus Species, Ahmet Asan

Turkish Journal of Botany

No abstract provided.

In Vitro Clonal Propagation Of A Multipurpose Tree, Ziziphus Spina-Christi (L.) Desf., C. Sudhersan, J. Hussain

Turkish Journal of Botany

A simple and efficient protocol for the clonal micropropagation of Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf., a multipurpose native tree species highly adapted to the harsh environmental conditions of Kuwait, has been established using shoot tips and stem nodal segments as explants. The explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium with and without growth regulators. The nodal segments and shoot tips isolated from the primary cultures were cultured on hormone-free MS media containing 100 mg/l myo-Inositol, 150 mg/l glutamine and 2.5% sucrose for plant growth and elongation. Shoots for multiplication were maintained on MS media with low concentrations of …

Joint Ethics Enforcement Program (Jeep) Manual Of Procedures, 2003 July, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

AICPA Committees

No abstract provided.

Online Writing As A Form Of Electronic Communication In A Second Year Biology Course, Michael Barbour, Michael A. J. Collins

Education Faculty Publications

Over the past decade, the proliferation of technology in the realm of teaching has occurred at a phenomenal rate. From the smallest integration of technology into the classroom to entire courses being taught in an online environment, the use of computers by students and teachers has continued to increase.

This paper considers student use of an online discussion forum in a second year Biology course and how that participation may be an indicator of increased student success in the course. The authors discuss how participation in the online discussion forum is a form of public writing in which the students …

Reliability And The Admissibility Of Experts, Dale A. Nance

Faculty Publications

Modern law on expert testimony insists, as a condition of admissibility, that the asserted expertise be determined by the trial judge to be reliable. Reliability is usually characterized as a dichotomous attribute of evidence, as if expertise were either reliable or unreliable. This article argues that making progress in the development of meaningful and appropriate restrictions on the admissibility of expert testimony requires that we abandon this conceptualization and understand the implications of endorsing a gradational notion of reliability in which evidence can be more or less reliable and in which a comparative assessment of reliability is prominent. Consistent with …

Managing Protein In Spring Wheat With Aerial And Satellite Imagery, Dennis L. Wright Jr., Glen Ritchie, V. Philip Rasmussen, R. Douglas Ramsey, Doran Baker

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Nitrogen fertilizer application can help wheat growers increase crop value and marketability by increasing grain quality. Nitrogen (N) is often applied at heading as a method of increasing protein content and therefore quality of wheat. Our objectives were to obtain spectral signatures of wheat under various N rates (0, 72, 180, 234 kg N ha-1), test various spectral methods of identifying crop stress, and observe the grain protein response to a midseason N application. Spectral data from satellite and aerial platforms were compared to preseason N treatments and flag-leaf tissue samples. Spectral data correlated well with preseason and flag leaf …

A Theory Of Imperial Law: A Study On U.S. Hegemony And The Latin Resistance, Ugo Mattei

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

2003 Accomplishment Report

Southeast Research and Extension Center: Reports and Administration

Food Production and Natural Resource Systems

Acreage Group

Alternative Crops/Tourism

On-Farm Research

Crop Consultant Education

Agribusiness

Building Strong Families

Financial Management

Family Communication

Community Coalitions

4-H and Youth Development

Out of School Programs

Community and Residential Environment

IPM for Schools

Water

Lead Program

Wastewater Treatment

Environment

Nutrition, Health and Food Safety

Nutrition Education

Food Safety

Health and Wellness

Community Resource Deveopment

IT Training and Connectivity

Community Partnerships

Extension Online

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Project: Activities Report 2003, Bridget Patrick

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease and poses a risk to domestic livestock, wildlife and public health in the United States (U.S). In 1917, the U.S. government began a comprehensive national bovine TB eradication program. The disease has been nearly eradicated from livestock in the U.S., but areas of infection resurface periodically. Michigan was declared free of bovine TB in 1975 and received Disease Free status in 1979. In 1975 a free-ranging white-tailed deer in Alcona County was confirmed to be bovine TB positive. It was thought to be an anomaly, and no policy was adopted to look …

Aerosol Exposure Of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) To Mycobacterium Bovis, Mitchell V. Palmer, W. Ray Waters, Diana L. Whipple

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis affects both captive and free-ranging Cervidae in the United States. Various animal models have been developed to study tuberculosis of both humans and animals. Generally, tuberculosis is transmitted by aerosol and oral routes. Models of aerosol exposure of large animals to M. bovis are uncommon. In order to develop a reliable method of aerosol exposure of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to M. bovis, 12 healthy white-tailed deer, aged 8–10 mo, were infected by aerosol exposure to 2x10⁵ to 1x10⁶ colony forming units (CFU) (high dose, n=4) of M. bovis or …

Journal Of Women In Educational Leadership. Vol. 1. No. 1-January 2003

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

No abstract provided.

Now & Then (Volume 20, Issues 02-03, 2003), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 20, Issues 02-03, published in 2003. This issue, titled "Tribute to 20 Years," celebrates 20 years of the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services. This special double issue commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Center for Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services (CASS) and reflects on the role of Now & Then in presenting a fuller portrait of Appalachian life beyond stereotypes. Through retrospectives on CASS programs, including the Archives of Appalachia, the Reece Museum, the Encyclopedia of Appalachia, and ETSU's Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program, the …

Fleas And Lice Of Mammals In New Mexico, Paulette L. Ford, Richard Fagerlund, Donald W. Duszynski, Paul Polechla

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

All available records are compiled for three orders of ectoparasites of mammals in New Mexico: fleas (Siphonaptera), sucking lice (Anoplura), and chewing lice (Mallophaga). We have drawn from records at the University of New Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology, the Vector Control Program of the New Mexico Environment Department, the Environmental Health Department of the City of Albuquerque, and several private collections. We list 99 species of fleas, 27 species of sucking lice, and two species of chewing lice. Included are appendices that list recorded ectoparasite species and their hosts in New Mexico and the counties …

The Blue Crab: Diseases, Parasites And Other Symbionts, Jeffrey D. Shields, Robin M. Overstreet

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

A critical review of the microbial diseases, parasites, and other symbionts of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.

Focus Emu, December 2, 2003, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Focus Emu, December 16, 2003, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Focus Emu, April 15, 2003, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.